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Second-year film student Abraham David received four awards for his film titled My Girl, Skelly.
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Join York’s memorial ceremony for National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, Dec. 6
This year’s ceremony will honour the victims of one of the deadliest shootings in Canadian history when 14 women were murdered on Dec. 6, 1989 at École Polytechnique in Montreal. It also offers an opportunity for reflection on how violence against women and girls continues to plague society.
Canada’s stringent screenings for medical transition ignore gender-related perspectives and experiences
Canada’s stringent eligibility screenings for medical transition – to prevent “regret” or detransition – ignore transgender people’s gender-related perspectives and experiences, says York Professor Kinnon R. MacKinnon, lead author of a new study.
Schulich Executive Education Centre launches digital credentials for its education courses
The Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) at York University launched its digital credentials on Nov. 15, with a range of digital badges and certificates available through the Credly platform for most of its executive education courses.
THE SCOOP
Biology Professor and York U BioMotion Lab Director Nikolaus Troje talks to Research2Reality about what drives his curiosity about the nature of perceptual representations
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TEACHING & LEARNING
Professor Emeritus Ron Owston answers questions about teaching with Zoom during webinar
York University Professor Emeritus Ron Owston will deliver his final free webinar for this term, and will open the floor to questions during the Dec. 8 event “Ask Ron Anything About Teaching with Zoom.”
Dean’s message: Faculty of Health focused on rewarding educational experience
As this issue of “Innovatus” illustrates, we live in a world where rapid and continuous change is the norm. The ability to learn and acclimate are essential. Given this, the pandemic inspired the Faculty of Health to adapt and advance its teaching and learning objectives in new ways.
Virtual escape rooms enliven nursing classes
Remote course delivery didn’t prevent one Faculty of Health nursing professor from finding creative ways for her York University nursing students to improve their clinical decision-making skills.
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Welcome to the November 2021 issue of ‘Innovatus’
Welcome to the November issue of “Innovatus,” a special issue of YFile devoted to teaching and learning, internationalization and the student experience.